Below is their current video. Check it out!

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MaKey MaKey is a revolutionary new way to turn everyday objects into controllers for computers.  So, you could play video games with bits of Play Doh arranged how ever you like.  Or you could draw a control console exactly to your liking to manage a software package…and you can draw it on a simple piece of paper with a pencil!  It’s also possible to use objects as sensors to trigger automated processes, like taking a picture when your cat drinks water.  Developed by Eric Rosenbaum and Jay Silver of the MIT Media Lab, this invention has the potential to completely transform the art and science of user interface.

When the project is launched, I’ll post more video about this, shot today at the Media Lab.  In the meantime, enjoy the video below and stand by for some big announcements coming soon on this project!

The slides are available here.

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• In Collaboration with Kantara, a Project Proposal (cached)
• After Kantara contract with sponsor OpenID Foundation of Japan to fund PIDS research, MIT accepted the PIDS project as one of it’s focus areas for New Media Medicine, resulting in this Concept Video to Guide the Research and Design
• To Organize the Work, a Project Plan was developed and agreed by the principals.
• A Project Launch Event was offered to publicize the project and invite participation.
• Requirements Gathering and Field Survey (cached)
• Design Solution for Pilot Implementation ( cached)
• Identity in Healthcare with PIDS Review and Feedback Event Held at MIT’s Media Lab (agenda)
• Final Presentation Webinar and Slides ( cached ) and Project Brochure ( cached).
• Project Implementation Plan Resulting in NSTIC Pilot Proposal (cached)

In addition, I’ve created some explanatory videos (below) related to the project for the benefit of those who supported the research and those who may wish to take the design to the next level:

PIDS Promo Video:

PIDS Collaboration with MIT New Media Medicine Group

PIDS Identity in Healthcare Event at MIT

Above is a video demo of how rules can be literally integrated so that the authoritative document containing the applicable legal rules, as well as the business rules, will explicitly and traceably conform to the technical rules, and the technical rules at run-time, cause applications and services in the scope of the system to comply with the rules.

An example of the types of System Rules that could apply this integration of business, legal and technical rules can be found at the Model Trust Framework page.

An example early work around applying the business, legal and technical method to use cases, in this instance related to federated identity, can be found at: http://civics.com/use-cases/

This page will detail an approach to the alignment of business, legal and technical rules in more detail over time, with updates to the content of the post.

Here is some more information on the event: http://blog.opengroup.org/2012/04/12/connect-with-theopengroup-on-april-17-for-an-identity-management-tweet-jam-ogchat/

I was joined by:

• Ericka Chickowski, Dark Reading (@ErickaChick)
• Paul Simmonds, Jericho Forum (@simmonds_paul)
• Fahmida Rashid, PC Magazine (@zdFYRashid)
• Wendy Nather, The 451 Group (@451wendy)
• Dazza Greenwood, MIT (@dazzagreenwood)
• Jim Hietala, The Open Group (@jim_hietala)
• Dave Lounsbury, The Open Group (@technodad)
• John Fontana, ZDNet – Identity Matters (@johnfontana)
• Dana Gardner, ZDNet – BriefingsDirect (@dana_gardner)

I’ll definitely be following their future Tweet Jams.  This is a great way to join a broader dialog that’s focused and yet … well… open!  Below is a screen scrape from the event:

1h Dana Gardner ‏ @Dana_Gardner

Biggest challenges of ID mgmt today are same ones as 10 years ago, that’s the problem. #ogChat #IdM

Retweeted 4 times

30m David Lounsbury ‏ @Technodad

What, we have to stop? Seriously, thanks all for great exchange on #idm #ogchat !

30m jim_hietala ‏ @jim_hietala

RT @theopengroup: Thank you everyone for joining #ogChat. summary of event on our blog later this week! http://blog.opengroup.org/ < ditto!

34m The Open Group ‏ @theopengroup

Thank you everyone for joining today’s #ogChat. We publish a summary of the event on our blog later this week! http://blog.opengroup.org/

39m dazzagreenwood ‏ @dazzagreenwood

Q6 #ogchat Mobile can be more OR less secure for #ID – depends on 1) implementation, 2) applicable trust framework(s).

40m dazzagreenwood ‏ @dazzagreenwood

Q5 #ogchat here’s last weeks’ #mit webinar on OpenID Connect: http://civics.com/openid-connect-webinar

41m JohnFontana ‏ @JohnFontana

Q6. Depends. What are you doing? But standards are coming with OAuth, NFC tech. to secure access for native apps. Works in progress #ogchat

42m Wendy Nather ‏ @451wendy

Q5 Users need to be able to do the equivalent of paying cash on the Internet. Anonymous, but the money is still good. #ogChat

43m jim_hietala ‏ @jim_hietala

Q6. Mobile device (in)security is scary, period, add in identity credentials buried in phones, bad news indeed #ogChat

55m David Lounsbury ‏ @Technodad

Q4: How about portability? Should I be able to pick up my identity and move to another #idm provider, like I can move my phone num? #ogchat

57m Dana Gardner ‏ @Dana_Gardner

All’s I know is the current ID as email address and password model will cave on itself and there’s nothing to revert to yet. #ogChat #IdM

1h JohnFontana ‏ @JohnFontana

Q4 Google’s Street ID is a foreshadow how co.’s will contribute value, take slice of attribute transaction. https://sites.google.com/site/streetidentitylmnop/workinggroup/demo1 #ogchat

1h Nick Owen ‏ @wikidsystems

Q3 to be clear, I don’t want one identity eco system, I want many, at least some of which i control (consumer). #ogChat

1h Dana Gardner ‏ @Dana_Gardner

Given recent history, I’d rather have a government do ID mgmt than banks. Too big to fail is a lousy risk avoidance paradigm. #ogChat #IdM

1h dazzagreenwood ‏ @dazzagreenwood

Government had roles as law maker, market maker, and most key: public infrastructure maker for #ID #ogchat

1h Dana Gardner ‏ @Dana_Gardner

Another killer aspect on ID mgmt federation standards is lack of public awareness and/or apathy. Where’s the rage? #ogChat #IdM

1h JohnFontana ‏ @JohnFontana

Q2 Heavy and full scale involvement; intelligent standards body participants check their allegiance at the door or the effort fails. #ogchat

1h jim_hietala ‏ @jim_hietala

Q2 NSTIC is great model for role of governments, help foster ecosystem and create standards #ogChat

1h David Lounsbury ‏ @Technodad

Q1: Also no widely-understood/agreed models for online/cyber trust among end-users. What’s good for social network not OK for bank. #ogChat

1h The Open Group ‏ @theopengroup

Q1 What are the biggest challenges of #idM today? #ogChat

1h The Open Group ‏ @theopengroup

Hello everyone and welcome to @theopengroup‘s first identity management (#idM) tweet jam. Please introduce yourself #ogChat

1h Lisa Melsted ‏ @lmelsted

Join The Open Group identity management Tweet Jam at 9 am PDT sharp! #ogchat

1h David Lounsbury ‏ @Technodad

The tweet jam on #idM led by a panel of experts will be starting shortly at noon ET. Search on #ogChat to join the discussion!

1h dazzagreenwood ‏ @dazzagreenwood

Join me today at 9 a.m. PT/noon ET for @theopengroup’s tweet jam on identity management. Follow #ogChat to join the discussion!

1h The Open Group ‏ @theopengroup

The tweet jam on #idM led by a panel of experts will be starting shortly at 9 am.. PT/noon ET. Follow #ogChat to join the discussion!

Slides: OpenID Connect – Lecture for MIT

Audio: iPadSkypeAudio-MediaLab-OpenID-Connect

Below, please find the original invitation, along with links to the agenda and registration information for this event:

Please join CIVICS.com at the MIT Media Lab hosted webinar on OpenID Connect, featuring Justin Richer. To register, please sign up at: http://openid-connect.eventbrite.com/ Justin Richer, Lead Technologist at the MITRE Corporation, will provide a detailed walk through of OpenID Connect, an emerging standard for online identity management, followed by a question and answer session. Justin is an active member of the OpenID Foundation’s OpenID Connect Working Group and the IETF’s OAuth2 Working Group.

This invited talk at MIT’s Media Lab is hosted by Professor Sandy Pentland and the Human Dynamics Group, and MC’d by Dazza Greenwood, with in-person participation limited to MIT affiliates. If you are not an MIT affiliate, please register here to participate by live webcast, and the access information for video and/or phone will be sent to you shortly before the event. Dazza will include questions and feedback from the online audience as well as the in person participants. In addition to a technical walk through, the talk will also cover:

* History and Practice of OpenID Connect – how we got where we are today; * How OpenID Connect is different from traditional OpenID, SAML and OAuth; * Federated Identity at Internet Scale; * Implementation Context: The MITRE Partnership Network business case; and * Use of Business, Legal & Technical Trust Framework System Rules for OpenID Connect

For more background on OpenID Connect, please see Nat Sakimura’s Nutshell explanation.

Bottom line: The government is seeking “Secretariat” services to stand up the governance body for NSTIC, and is prepared to pay $2-2.5 million for an expected 2 year plan. They seek professional secretariat services and prefer not to award the project to an organization with a direct or vested interest in the Identity Ecosystem.  Ideally, in a project like this, more detail would be know about the short and medium term expected Identity Ecosystem itself, so that governance could be developed in sync with the needs of the system.  However, in an understandable push to move forward while the opportunity, momentum and resources for NSTIC exists, several threads are being pursued simultaneously.  Given that, hopefully the winning bidder will include one or more milestones for reflection, general feedback and discussion on key decision points by stakeholders along the path toward standing up the governance function.

The document is quite short and simple, providing complete information on the format and administrative requirements for the bid, and defining the evaluation criteria according to the following high level requirements:

a. Quality and Relevance of the Work Plan (0 to 40 points)

b. Methodology for Administering the Steering Group (0 to 30 points)

c. Qualifications of the Proposer (0 to 20 points)

d. Resource Availability and Future Planning (0 to 10 points)

Each section contains several more details criteria, but part of what I found especially interesting was the how the criteria requested proposals that:

• Tied the governance to the NSTIC Guiding Principles (section V.1.a.3 “Provide and maintain infrastructure to support transparency, openness, and alignment with the Guiding Principles in all Steering Group Operations”);
• Ensure all meetings can be conducted online (section V.1.a.5 “Enable all Steering Group plenary, Standing Committee, and Working Group meetings to be conducted virtually” and section V.1.b.4 requesting details on the method for conducting virtual meetings);
• Ensuring all proceedings are “Open” and “Transparent” (section V.1.b.3 “The proposed methodology for ensuring Steering Group operations are open and transparent and responsive to changes in the Identity Ecosystem” and V.1.a.3);
• Ensure representation from and consensus by all stakeholder groups (section V.1.b.1 “The proposed methodology for ensuring representation from all key stakeholder communities”  and V.1.b.2 and V.1.a.4 both also focus on stakeholder representation and facilitation toward consensus).

The request for proposals also indicates the winning bidder will have a method to appoint an “Identity Ecosystem Ombudsman” (section V.1.a.7) and strongly emphasizes the need for the winning bidder to have a solid plan for the governance body to be self sustaining after the government money runs out:

• “Assist the Steering Group in transitioning to a self-sustaining organization”
• “the likelihood that the approach would be successful in facilitating creation of a sustainable Steering Group that implements the NSTIC vision” and
• “plan to obtain and/or leverage additional or external resources or support as needed to complete the project and to transition the Steering Group to a self-sustaining organization post-project”

The deadline for submission is April 11, 2012 and the award is expected to be made in May, 2012.  This is an exciting and important benchmark for NSTIC and, if all goes well, will soon enable the realization of the President’s lofty goals for a secure, effective, privacy-enhancing and user-centered Identity Ecosystem for the United States.

If you’d like to check out some of his prior work, download the iPad app: http://singingfingers.com/    and below is a demo of his upcoming app, MelodyMorph!

Depicted above, Professor Sandy Pentland (right), Joost Bonsen (middle, sitting) and Thomas Quinlan (right) at the MIT Media Lab Venture Class today.